New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Former diplomat Vikas Swarup explained on Wednesday as to why he believes that the United States' relation with Pakistan is "short-term."

The former High Commissioner to Canada and author of Slumdog Millionaire, Swarup said, "We have to look at US' relationship with Pakistan in a different lens from the US' relationship with India."

In an interview with news agency ANI, Swarup said he believes that "the relationship with Pakistan right now is a very tactical one and is a short-term one."

He added that the US' relationship with Pakistan is "primarily motivated by the financial gain that the [US President Donald] Trump family and [US' Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve] Witkoff family hope to make from the crypt...